Two of the three Northwest Airlines crew...

NO FLYING.

March 30, 1990

- MINNEAPOLIS — NO FLYING. Two of the three Northwest Airlines crew members accused of flying while intoxicated appeared in court on Thursday and were released after agreeing not to fly any aircraft. First Officer Robert Kirchner of Highland Ranch, Colo., and Second Officer Joseph Balzer of Antioch, Tenn., appeared before Magistrate J. Earl Cudd. Capt. Norman Prouse of Conyers, Ga., the third pilot charged after the March 8 flight from Fargo, N.D., to Minneapolis, was not in court. Cudd released Kirchner and Balzer after they promised to meet certain conditions, including a prohibition on flying any aircraft. The pilots have been fired by Northwest and the Federal Aviation Administration has revoked their pilot licenses.